What's your idea of good "road music?"

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It’s Going to Take Some Time – Carole King (“One more round for experience, and I’m on the road again”)
Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin (“And as we wind on down the road”
Chariots of Fire theme
Anything by the TRAVELING Wilburys
 
All About Eve - Road to Your Soul
Almost Acoustic Band - Steam Powered Aeroplane
Bela Fleck - Flying Saucer Dudes (ok that stretches the travel idea)
Beth Orton - Paris Train
Chris Rea - Easy Rider
Chris Rea - Stony Road
David Gordon Trio - Caravan (the Ellington tune)
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
Donovan - Keep on Truckin’
Eileen McGann - Another Train
Hayseed Dixie - Highway to Hell. Yes, that highway.

Of course, much of this wouldn’t be good for listening to when travelling. But at least it follows the pattern of the OP.
 
‘Travelin’ songs’
all but one are country

Keep It Betwen the Lines - Ricky Van SHelton
Fast Lanes & Coutnry Roads - Barbara mandrell
Fast Cars & Freedom - Rascal Flatts
Fast As You - Dwight Yoakam
Life Is A Highway - Rascal Flatts
Run - George Strait
Carryin’ Your Love WIth Me - George Stait
My Sweet Little ‘66 - Steve Earle & the Dukes
Six Days on the Road - either/and the classic Dave Dudley version or Sawyer Brown’s versions
The Ride - Davis Allen Coe
One Piece At a Time - Johnny Cash
Convoy - C.W. McCall
Cars - Randy Neuman (pop)
Many a Long And Lonesome Highway - Rodney Crowell
Free & Easy (Down the Road I Go) - Dierks Bentley
Long Tip Ahead - Dierks Bentley
Prisoner of the Highway - Ronnie Milsap
Smokey Mountain Rain - Ronnie Milsap
The Road and the Radio - Kenny Chesney
She Just Might Have Her Radio ON - Trent Tomlinson
Where the Blacktop Ends - Keith Urban
Highway 40 Blues - Ricky Skaggs
Wheels - Restless Heart
Power Windows - John Berry (the song mentions the Statue of Mary on the dashboard)
On the Road - Lee Roy Parnell
Nothin’ But the WHeel - Patty Loveless

I know there’s tims more when it comes to contry music. I once had four pages typed of travelin songs but I can’t find the list!
 
Edwin1961 said:
‘Travelin’ songs’
all but one are country

Keep It Betwen the Lines - Ricky Van SHelton
Fast Lanes & Coutnry Roads - Barbara mandrell
Fast Cars & Freedom - Rascal Flatts
Fast As You - Dwight Yoakam
Life Is A Highway - Rascal Flatts
Run - George Strait
Carryin’ Your Love WIth Me - George Stait
My Sweet Little ‘66 - Steve Earle & the Dukes
Six Days on the Road - either/and the classic Dave Dudley version or Sawyer Brown’s versions
The Ride - Davis Allen Coe
One Piece At a Time - Johnny Cash
Convoy - C.W. McCall
Cars - Randy Neuman (pop)
Many a Long And Lonesome Highway - Rodney Crowell
Free & Easy (Down the Road I Go) - Dierks Bentley
Long Tip Ahead - Dierks Bentley
Prisoner of the Highway - Ronnie Milsap
Smokey Mountain Rain - Ronnie Milsap
The Road and the Radio - Kenny Chesney
She Just Might Have Her Radio ON - Trent Tomlinson
Where the Blacktop Ends - Keith Urban
Highway 40 Blues - Ricky Skaggs
Wheels - Restless Heart
Power Windows - John Berry (the song mentions the Statue of Mary on the dashboard)
On the Road - Lee Roy Parnell
Nothin’ But the WHeel - Patty Loveless

I know there’s tims more when it comes to contry music. I once had four pages typed of travelin songs but I can’t find the list!
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Great choices! I’ll add “18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses” by Kathy Mattea to that list.
 
How could you leave out “Backroads” by Ricky Van Shelton? :eek:

I got the radio blastin’
I got the windows rolled down
And I’m cruisin’ these backroads
On the outskirts of town…

When I’m cruisin’ these backroads,
All my troubles are behind
 
I would have to add the following artist to the list:

The Bacon Brothers (yeah Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael)
Toby Mac
Pillar
80s-90s Hair Bands (Def Leppard, Skid Row, Warrant, etc) 😊
Butch Walker (Marvelous 3)
The Black Crowes

(wow that is a strange list)
 
wow I never heard of most of these groups or most of these songs, talkin’ bout my g-g-g-generation you can tell how old I am.

think I will make a new playlist, “America” songs, with cities, regions or states as themes.
Sweet Home Alabama
Devil went down to GA
Night they drove old Dixie down
Carolina
Tennessee waltz
Texas boogie
and so forth,
so I will take nominations for this cut as well.
 
Anything that drowns out the noise from the kids fighting and yelling in the back. 😃
 
puzzleannie said:
think I will make a new playlist, “America” songs, with cities, regions or states as themes.
Sweet Home Alabama
Devil went down to GA
Night they drove old Dixie down
Carolina
Tennessee waltz
Texas boogie
and so forth,
so I will take nominations for this cut as well.
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I nominate “Wild Montana Skies” by John Denver, along with “Rocky Mountain High” and “Thank God I’m a Country Boy”.

C.W. McCall’s “Wolf Creek Pass” (fun song!)
“Someday Soon” (I like the Suzy Bogguss version, but Tanya Tucker’s is good, too.)
Speaking of Tanya Tucker… “San Antonio Stroll” is one of her older songs that’s a fave of mine! Also, “Texas (When I Die)”
“Roll On, Mississippi” by Charley Pride
Alabama – “Dixieland Delight”, “My Home’s in Alabama” and (back to original “road songs”) “Roll On, Eighteen Wheeler”.

And dare we not include Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA”?

There’s probably others. I’ll be back later!
 
King of the Road(the one with josh turner 😃 )
Coming to Your City- Big and Rich
Folsom Prison Blues- Johnny Cash
Devil Went Down to Georgia- Charlie Daniels
Friend in Low Places-Garth Brooks
Redneck Woman- Gretchen Wilson
Jolene- Dolly Parton
I Will Always Love You- Dolly Parton
I Want to Talk About Me- Toby Keith
New Strings- Miranda Lambert
Smoke Rings in The Dark- Gary Allen
Seminole Wind- John Anderson?
Stars on the Water- George Strait
Free and Easy Down the Road I Go- Deirks Bentley
 
Anything glam rock–Poison, Warrant, etc. Makes you want to really go fast while driving. 😃
 
Another good road song is “Heading Out to the Highway” by Judas Priest.
 
Punk from the 80’s (Germs, DOA, Suicidal, McRad, JFA, Minor Threat, Black Flag, etc.). I am so old.
 
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